#A09442#A09442

#A09442 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.104 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09442
RGB	rgb(160, 148, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, -6.27, 44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 44.55, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% -0.02 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.104 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0714, 29.0478, 9.3867)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09442 #424EA0

analogous

#A06542 #A09442 #7DA042

triadic

#A09442 #42A094 #9442A0

tetradic

#A09442 #42A065 #424EA0 #A0427D

square

#A09442 #42A065 #424EA0 #A0427D

split-complementary

#A09442 #427DA0 #6542A0

monochromatic

#49441E #756C30 #A09442 #BEB261 #D0C78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A09442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#A09442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09442

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09442	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1903A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 148, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.104 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb379',
    500: '#a09442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09442;
$custom-light: #beb379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66013,
    "c": 0.10416,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09442

secondary

#838ABB

accent

#66D156

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5EE

border

#D1CFC9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09442

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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